Cabin in the Woods 44: Luxury Vinyl Plank Installation **Special Guest**
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- čas přidán 15. 01. 2021
- In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, Greg has been replace with the special guest. We start installing luxury Vinyl Plank in the upstairs mezzanine. It was Friday, and bring your son to work day. After installing laminate flooring in my own personal home, Cole has basically become a professional so I put him to work.
The product we are using is COREtec Pro Plus Luxury Vinyl Plank and was super easy to work with.
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It’s hard to believe that just you and Greg did this entire massive building on your own. It must be a great sense of accomplishment for you guys. You will never be short of work. Being able to send any of these videos to a client is a guaranteed new job for you.
If I was your son I would be fighting to go to work with you ever day just to learn something new (and make some money 💰 ).
Cole doesn’t realize what a lucky young man he is to get to work with the Master yet.
Congratulations on a tremendous job.
Probably the best czcams.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU on building a shed is hardly found ever . And Ryan takes the mystery out of different types of foundation options, etc. He even shows how to build shed with different designs. Very comprehensive, covering different roofing materials, siding, etc.
Love the life lessons that you’re giving us and your son. Have a blessed day!
I’ve been installing for 20 years now. Looks good, only thing I’d tell you to do is not use the exact size cut off to start the next rows tho. What you end up with is repeating stair stepping. I’ll usually start off cutting a few starters and the end cuts I’ll either take a few inches off or wait a couple of rows before I start with them rather than on the very next row. Keeps the joints as random as possible
Cole has a great Dad/future mentor to teach him the correct way. Principles, respect and professionalism👍🇺🇲👍
It's smart of you to bring Cole the professional with you, maybe you'll learn something!🤣
My Dad was a carpenter and I learned a lot from him.
God bless you and your family.
You're SO right! School learning has it's place, but most true LIFE lessons cannot be learned in a classroom!
Always enjoy having my son helping me on a job also ,times he and I will never forget .
It almost seems as though you are working with Greg rather than Cole the way you banter back and forth. Even the 'life lessons' you are giving Cole could apply to Greg sometimes.Good father
Great dad.Thats what makes a a great young son. Great job on the floor and job on kid teaching him that you love him and that you care about his footsteps!!!
What a good Dad Kyle teaching & having fun letting him earn some cash to stash!
Doing that is so important! I text with or call my son 3/4 a week! He is your age Kyle!
What a blessing!
I'm proud of Cole, and I'm not his dad!! Great to see a young man with a great work ethic, future team member!!
As long as I have peaces in front of me I can be most productive.....2 seconds later.. I’m out of peaces...1 minute later... this peace is upside down. I’m glad I’m not the only dad that’s experienced that. Great learning experience for your son. Love the videos
Hey Kyle - great to see your son working alongside you........ you both have an easy going and friendly exchange style between you........ I have teenage daughters who enjoy hands on craft and making projects with me - great to see others doing the same........ love the content.......
“Work will always be there” great lesson!
The question is what kind of work.
Compare the work our people are doing today, after our ruling class sold all technology jobs to China, with the work they did in the first half of the 20th century.
Most of my colleagues in IT don't give a damn about that, but I do. I realised that I live in a society, where lives of people around me make all the difference in my own life.
If people are happy and have a sense of shared destiny, then it's easy to be happy.
That's why we are breaking all the records in suicides and opioids per capita.
Here's just one illustration of that: I was in Eastern Europe recently and most of the tourists are Chinese, no longer Western Europeans, Canadians and Americans.
I've been in Cole's position plenty of times in my life where I don't know the process of doing a particular repetitive task but I try to watch and remember the order things are done in and before long I can anticipate what's going to happen next or what tool someone will need next and I can have everything ready for that step. It's a good feeling when the person starts to ask for the hammer or whatever and you already have it and are handing it to them as they ask. Anybody can do it and it makes you a really good assistant and can really speed a job up.
Need to get Cole a toolbelt setup would love to see him working with you more he would probably enjoy framing
WOW; looking back, it was 15-20 years ago now I pulled up carpet and laid Pergo in kitchen/dinning room, depressed living room, and the family room. That vinyl went down SO much smoother - at least the cuts and its flexibility. I had several 45 deg angle end cuts; almost impossible to draw into the butting seam joint. My knees I doubt would let me do it today. Looks great.
Greg lazy......😱 NEVER😉
Can’t wait to see the trim out on the upper deck & fir the doors.....
This huge project is definitely my fav so far. It’s got a bit of everything, & we get to see you complete an inside “build” as well....something that doesn’t happen often (as owner usually takes care of it etc...); but cool to see beginning to end w/ a complete build👍🏻
Also, that fireplace is gonna be amazing when done; as is building. Hope we can see the finished building w/ all the decor inside; as curious to what owner has planned😉
Till next time Kyle, Greg, & Cole (nice seeing ya again)✌🏼
Best thing you can do raising your son. I loved to work with my dad growing up. Some of the best memories. Learned so much then. Great job.
Great technique around the posts. Love to see your boy working on the job. I went to work with my dad on construction sites since I was little, spent a lot of time on the scrap pile building things until I was old enough to pull wire and help. Been a master electrician now for 25 years. Oh how time flies.
You’re a great dad! I hope your son appreciates the love and guidance you show him. 😀
I love that you had your son working by your side. I think that he was an invaluable asset on a job like that. Not to mention that as he grows he will be even more involved.
done a ton of "laminate" style flooring over the years in various properties we have owned. Each carton contains a certain number of finishes from the manufacturer. As in you don't get all "knotty pine" looking pieces in the same carton. therefore we just leave the boxes out across the room and pull at random as we lay from several cartons at once. I do agree with your comment of trying to not to put the same matching pieces together thus drawing your eye to a certain area on the floor. Like your technique going around the posts, going to steal that method next time.
Loving the series and the build. The amount of prep work you two put into this build is paying off when you get to the finishing stages. Nothing worse than having to shim, patch, fix issues that could have easily been resolved by taking extra time previously.
Get a moving blanket, Do your cuts over it, keeps the saw dust off of you sub-floor. After you get a couple of feet you can put it on your finished floor, bundle it up, take it outside and shake.
A quick help with that type of vinyl, keep your speed square in your pocket with a sharp utility knife a quick score on the face of the flooring and fold to snap will save you a lot of walking to your cutter, which will save time and time is money. Also 2 lb dead blow and a plastic flooring installers block, send the right amount of hammer to set your floor but keeps the lip of the floor safe. But as usual you don’t disappoint your floor looks great!
He must have been listening..... lol
Per usual I speak faster then I watch! Lol
I learned about scoring this flooring with a knife from your Instagram story on this and I share it with the guys at work and it’s been a great time saver for us
Great job Kyle and Cole. Love bringing him along and teaching him those lessons. Much more valuable to him in life.
Really nice to see experienced, extremely competent and efficient builders who take pride in their work.
the way the panels fit around the flooring 😍
Theres contractors and quality care contractors. Big difference. Looks great, and great quality care. This guy is a prime example of a great contractor
5:17 is the reason why you know Kyle is the type of person you'd want to frame and build your home
As a general contractor who's dealt with many subcontractors, I'll say Kyle is a rarity.
When I was in my mid teens I worked with my dad in the summer. He sold and serviced 2 way radios with Law enforcement being out biggest customer. I was installing radios in squad cars, drilling holes in bodies for antennas and running cables from the engine compartment to the trunk. Good experience and I loved working with my dad. We built 4 houses together. He passed suddenly and I miss him daily after 27 years.
This is great, watching a father and son work together. A great learning experience for both of you.
You’re craftsmanship is outstanding... 👍🏻🍻
the part about life lessons and school was great and very well said!
I like how you comment on the problems and how they can be solved. I have been following you recently and the truth is that every time you take a video I really enjoy your skill, whether it is to raise a foundation or install a parquet. I also like the way you work as personally as the materials you use. You are great, greetings.
Cole surely earned his RR shirt with that, he was the odd one out. Great job, just a shame it all had to come up again but at least you had a dry run. Great to see Cole on site, hope he spends more time on jobs as as you said it will teach him valuable life lessons and skills even if he doesn't go into the family business and it will be a good way for him to earn money during holidays.
Lovely to see your boy come to work with you. I hope you paid him more than minimum wage, mind!!
That is awesome. I’m impressed it only took you 26 minutes to do!
I know I have said it before but the interior videos and finishing work is amazing to watch. I love the building videos been watching for years but its awesome to see this building get finished out.
You know you're getting old when your Son begins teaching you stuff, like how to cut boards more easily.
Always love the end of a big job when everything starts coming together .
Love seeing Cole working with you! Will be some awesome memories for him when he’s older!
Awesome job guys, nice to see people take pride in what they do.
love the perfection you strive for ..... great job man.
Rubber mallet!! It helps a lot. Especially not having to use a beater block. Looks damn good buddy!
23:16 = Greg! 🤗
Kyle, I love that you involve your son. If only more young men in our nation-and, indeed, around the world-could be so lucky to have a good father. God bless you and yours. 😊
"You could pull it all up an redo it. I wouldn't want to do it but..." Man I really felt that one. After doing just that I would say you have the patience and the persistence of a saint Kyle. Great work as ever!
Wow! Cole had blue shoes on and then magically they turned red! I liked the blue ones more. 😃
Awesome job on an amazing floor and equally awesome is the invaluable lessons and teachable moments to you son. I applaud you!
👍🍻🍺👍🏻 It's nice to have father son bonding time
Love those floors. I did a 400 sq ft floor in August.
Good job. Dont expect you can do a lot of interior! Thks for inspiring
It is really cool to see you and your son working together!
Thank you for showing what is involved in constructing the warehouse. Watching your videos has given me the encouragement to build my shed for my Model Train Diorama. Your videos have shown some great hints and tips on doing various jobs.
Happy new year to you and your crew.
Coming along great, nice to have your son helping out.
Soon I will start bringing my son to work, I look forward to it verry much
I moved to North Dakota back in 2012. I miss Angelos so much! You’re making me hungry right now just thinking about it
All schools should include at least 1 day per month real world job apprenticing. When I was a kid I remember enjoying shop class but that was just 7th grade and we didn't get a feel for what we could personally do or accomplish, and I still have the project we made... like 35 years later. I might have asked for tools for holidays. In addition exposure to the results of that day can make a real impact, I eventually had an interest in working on my own car, and now I'd love to do some woodworking on the side, but skill with a lot of the tools is really acquired over the experience of dedicated use.
Nice job Cole! The layout looks professional!
Great to see your son learning and liking it! Great example.
Love Cortec Pro. Did a 700 square foot workshop on concrete floor. Easy and perfect install once I got the technique down as he describes. Floor has great impact resistance.
Good looking floor!!! Even better your son is working with you!! My started working with me at 7
Another amazing video! Keep them coming, they are highly motivational!
now either Kyle was working at warp speed in the Time lapse, or I saw greg...
Start the flooring about 1” or two away from the joint and get it started in the groove and slide it into place and they will snap together so much easier. You’ll forget where you put your tapping block because you won’t hardly need it.
That "double z bar" is the fi4st tool i bought for laying plank flooring. Its really useful and youll find that under cabinets its great. You can even use it to shift the entire floor even with you standing on it if you need to shift if a spacer popped out while laying it. A dead blow mallet will save you some wrist stress from recoil and can be used to flatten those ends if they resist or have a tiny bit of grunge in the joint you didnt see. Rubber is ok but has even more bounce back.
LVP is a cool product, it just WANTS to go together perfectly.... and will fight you if your surface isn't perfect.
Cool project, and with your 2 sons!😜👍
WOW Cole got big quick!! Seems like only yesterday he made that pair of saw horses!
Speaking of a lot of work for two guys, how is Greg’s brother doing?
Priority first- tv on the wall lol. Love it!
Looks great! Few few rows are the toughest but smooth sailing after that in a big square room
What you can do to. Is instead of starting cutting the pillars in and trying to bridge off the pillars is cut 2 vinyl pieces into squares. You should be able to get 20 of them. Attached them into the male end and screw them into the floor. Now your floor won't move at all. At the end, pull the screws and stopping blocks and do your back fills around the posts. Gets you started quicker. And that product is thin enough to score luckily. There making stuff thicker it seems that breaker is awesome
When you wait 25 minutes to see how he does the last row...love you Kyle!
Couple of things number one make sure you check your batch numbers on all the boxes if they're all the same great go for it if there's any different ones be sure you mix them in. Secondly use a one by block of wood for your beater block less chance of damaging an edge.
the floor is looking real good, making it all come together. thanks some great ideas, I need to laminate my kids floor in the near future
Love it! Recently installed LVP in our house. Wonderful stuff.
vinyl planks are awesome. super durable and easy to clean. i have them in my house bc i have younger siblings and pets and they’re dubrable as hell
And not bad on the echo either for such a big and open cavity. Looks to be comfortable bright living space once it's had the decorative touches furnishings added.
That floor looks great great job everyone !!!
prep is very important step, you doing it good
Looks to us that the flooring pattern came out very nice, looks like you owe your son a trip to the pizza parlor for lunch.
Looks like the next gen of Holmes and Holmes.
After doing many many many of the LVP floors I find that it eats jigsaw blades. Even the ones meant for flooring. A table saw is your friend for a majority of the cuts. On notches I do the cross cuts on the table then score with a utility knife and straight edge and snap. A shear is nice for the end cuts but I really do most score and snap with a speed square on smaller room. Maybe a helpful tip for some viewers. Keep up the great vids!!
Looks fantastic! 👍 Good job Cole.
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i put the cutter on a little cart made from plywood and a few casters. makes it easy to move around. less getting up and down.
Looking great! Well done! 👍😁
Lamented flooring is a hit and miss product. It looks good when you first lay it, then with in a short time it doesn’t look the best. It’s a cheap alternative product. I’ve seen people lay this stuff in bathrooms and this stuff hates water and moisture. Good to see you teaching your son values in life.
Glad you figured out the score and break. It saves a lot of getting up and down. I can install an entire house of LVP with a hammer and a utility knife. Once in a while I will use a jigsaw when the peace’s are to thin to notch with the score and break method. Been installing flooring for 20 years and there are a lot of “professionals” that won’t mix up the pattern they just take from the box and lay it as it comes. Looks terrible and I always wonder how they still get work.
A trick I use on vinyl click flooring is to use dish soap on the ones where you have to tap them together. They just slide in and a wet rag cleans the soap up.
We used a product from shaw flooring at lowes looks to be the same color, if you notice any bowing in the floor between a few boards in a slight arc watch how the sunlight travels the floor at anytime of day. We were remodeling after Florence and baffled by what our floor was doing, turns out the morning sun coming through the windows ether side of the chimney was expanding the flooring planks. Blinds were installed right after we figured it out
Great job! 👏🏻🇺🇸
Thanks for posting
Hey buddy great stuff as always. If you are doing this product again in the near future you can also use a pair of large tin snips to make easily make tips or cross cuts. No debris or noise etc.
Teaching your son Dad jokes & sarcasm, a life long skill passed on from 1 generation to another....
The floor looks great. But I have a few remarks:
1. There are some comments saying this floor is completely waterproof. In theory this is true, the planks lock together quite tightly, so water wouldn't go through the seams. HOWEVER, vinyl still expands and contracts with changes in temperature. It's minimal, but still. Kyle knows this as he mentions having had the planks in the room for two weeks already, which is relevant. But the temperature in the room can still fluctuate, causing the vinyl to expand and contract. And given the huge surface covered in this video, there is a chance for the planks to pull apart and leave gaps, and if there is ever water on the surface due to flooding or leaking or whatever, it will seep through the gaps. When water is trapped under the floor, because there is wood directly underneath it creates the possibility for mold to start growing.
If this happens you need to remove the floor and dry the wood. That's a hell of a job. Moreover, because in this case the floor is not laid against the walls but rather extended underneath the walls, you need to remove all the bottom planks of the walls before you can start removing the floor.
In any case, the bigger the floor, the smarter it is to NOT choose a click-in system. It's easier to lift or cut out a few planks when you need to, instead of having to remove all the floor up until the point you need to access. Let's say you damage one plank in the middle of the floor, then you need to remove HALF the floor to be able to replace that one plank. Same is true for those huge walls. If you ever need to replace a plank in those walls because of rotting or whatever, well, good luck.
It would have been better to go for the glue-down vinyl. It's easier to replace single planks, and it won't move like a floating floor does when expanding and contracting.
2. With such a product, all the planks are the same size, which means it's hard to randomize the seams on the short ends. They are also quite short, and the bigger the room is, the shorter the planks will look in comparison. This looks very cluttered. A nice solution is to find planks that match together length-wise, making the seams on the short ends less noticable and creating the illusion of longer planks. This will make the finished floor easier on the eyes, as it will look like it's made up of fewer long planks, instead of many short planks.
3. These vinyl planks are very thin, laid directly on plywood, on a floor that is not filled with isolation but is hollow, with a metal ceiling below. This will be a VERY loud floor, and it will become a nuisance very quickly. You can already tell whenever Kyle lays his hammer on the floor, it's quite a bang, like hitting a drum. Using proper underlayment could provide some cusioning and deaden the sound a bit.
4. At some point you had your 13yo son working close to the edge. His safety is your responsibility. It would have taken only two minutes to tie a rope along those posts and make sure he doesn't fall and break his back. Don't take this personal, I guess it's also very much a cultural thing, because as a European I often notice a lack of safety concern in construction videos especially from the US. Overall you're better than many others at safety, but there's always room to improve.
You do realise that in 10 years Cole’s going to be your boss. 😂😂😂 great workmanship as always
Love that floor and life lessons to your son! Fist Bump.
I use a stanly Blade
Sorry I use a box cutter from Scotland different lingo lol🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
@@paulhardie392 huh?
@@GlassImpressions I didn’t understand
Was not trying to offend I must apologise
Looks great! With those type of end joins, I will click together a complete row of butt ends. Then click the entire row over. I see a lot of floors without random butt joins. Drives me crazy!
Randomness looks good.
Your partner did a good job.
🙂✌❤